28.Jun.2002
Andreas R. Kleinert (E-Mail)
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AK-Datatype: akJFIF for Amithlon
Andreas R. Kleinert writes:
Out of curiosity, I've removed PPC support from akJFIF datatype
and instead did some uae/amithlon-specific optimizations (no native
x86 code yet, though).
Download für V44.140: akJFIF-dt.LHA
Other datatypes/programs may follow. PPC support is gone for now, since I don't
own any PPC card anymore and did not get any Pegasos developer board, either.
(ps)
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28.Jun.2002
Commodore Billboard (ANF)
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Commodore 64 radio commercials
The Commodore Billboard has been updated. This time with 4 English and 4
French radio commercials. All in high quality 192 Kbps mp3. These are all
"donut" versions meaning that the radio station would get a soundtrack
and then add speak themselves. Found on a tape at a Canadian radio
station in Vancouver. The update also includes several C64, Vic20, PET,
Amiga etc. adverts and brochures. Also tons of stuff in the miscellaneous
section...pins, posters, mousepads, telephones and much more. (ps)
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28.Jun.2002
Anton Preinsack (ANF)
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Focus reported about Commodore One (only in German)
On the news magazine "Focus" on issue of 17th June an interview with Jeri Ellsworth who is the inventor of the "Commodore One" has been published. The imitation of the legendary "Commodore 64" is supposed to be published this Christmas and will delivered by Individual Computers with a price of EUR 200,- in Germany.
You can read a part of the interview here.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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28.Jun.2002
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Aminet CD #49 published
Today the new Aminet CD #49 has been published. It contains 1201 MB of several Amiga software and the highlight Diamond Caves II which is a game by Peter Elzner.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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28.Jun.2002
Amiga Community by SixK
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SixK SDL-game port: Freecraft version 1.17.1
SixK offers ports of SDL-games on its website 'Amiga Community'. The
SDL-library makes the programming of games and other multimedia-products
possible which do not depend on platforms.
The game Freecraft in version 1.17.1 has been now added. It is a
clone of Warcraft. According to SixK the game runs fine on Amithlon (but
there are some colour problems), a little bit slower on an Amiga (040/33)
and should run very well on an Amiga with 060 processor and graphic board.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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28.Jun.2002
Tales of Tamar
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T.o.T.: Amiga-Version 0.43 R13 - Final version will come soon
Version 0.43 R13 is the last but one beta version up to the Tales of Tamar
Amiga Basis-Set! Tales of Tamar is an Internet based round game for Amiga,
Atari, Linux and PC by
Eternity Entertainment Software.
There are only a few days to come until Eternity will accept advance orders
for the Amiga basis set! Tales of Tamar will be delivered in a nice shaped
Euro box with a 64 sites long documentation and three CDs. Should you have
questions concerning the online costs or the game playing then please write
an email to eternity@pride.de.
Since the last version a lot of older bugs have been fixed. Besides this the
soundtrack of ToT has been added which is certainly a highlight. Because of
that a very great thanks to the musician Markus Holler!
Additionally to the soundtrack the texts of research have been added and
string-input-boxes created. Because of that it is now possible to change
the values of the figures boxes via arrow but as well as via keyboard.
This applies for the granary, the trade screen, the barrack and the
diplomacy.
Meanwhile the wars on Tamar become more intensive. Please read the chronicle
to get a survey.
If you are fond of game of roles and games of strategy you should not pass
this game! The testers have played this game for two years and are still
enthusiastic. This game will revolutionize the world of PBEM-games
(PBEM = PlayByEMail).
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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28.Jun.2002
Squid's Amiga Page
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Rumor Mill: Reset
Between April 1996 and April 2001 John "Squid" Shephard provided the English spoken Amiga community with articles about the Amiga situation with a closer look at the scenery.
After a yearlong break Squid who is also the maintainer of the well frequented Moo Bunny-forum has written and published some new articles on his site.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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28.Jun.2002
Younos Salim (ANF)
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ANN: Alan Redhouse clarifies coupon promotion
Eyetech speak up about the coupon promotion. I leave it up to you to draw
your own conclusions. "No this is not our promotion - and Bill will post
the clarification details later. But we are shipping A1 boards + OS4-OEM
to dealers (inc Amiga Inc.) and that plus complete systems ourselves.
It is likely that you will probably be able to cash your voucher direct
with dealers - but it is down to Amiga Inc. to give out the details of
how this will work. The main issue - as so many people have pointed out -
is how to avoid the banks becoming the main beneficiaries of what was a
well intentioned user support program (we pay euros15 ~USD15 on every
receipt transaction for example).
Also the law is somewhat different in te US. In Europe you cannot (past
Amiga-related companies excepted!) legally take money off consumers for a
product that isn't yet on general availability. And, to me, $50 seeems an
awful lot to charge for a T-shirt, with an non-legally enforcable right
to an equivalent reduction on an AmigaOne. You will of course (somehow)
get the $50 off - this is just really a problem of how consumer legislation
is inconsistent - and bank charges are inevitable - across the Global
Economy.
That may also go some way to explain why it is Amiga Inc. who receive the
money and not us or Hyperion. Just a few facts to confuse the debate,
Alan" (ps)
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28.Jun.2002
Boris Dietrich (ANF)
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... it is hard to believe!!
The story:
On 24th April 2002 an eBay-member (abreviated as Mr. P.) bought a 40
gigabyte Maxtor harddrive. Normally that's quite a simple thing because
this week two pieces of them have been bought which both were not too old.
But the rather extrem aimlessness and the very strange behaviour of this
one customer let this story escalate which you can read on my homepage
under the title link (unfortunately only in German).
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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27.Jun.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Steffen Nitz (SN-Münz Archive)
"SN-Münz Archive" is a new shareware program that was recently released by Steffen Nitz, who is known to a few users through the programs Buergergermeister and CMlVII.
Amiga Arena talked with Steffen about his new program,
shareware software in general, and about what motivates him as a developer.
Direct link to interview: German
Download: SN-MuenzArch.lha -
readme (ps) (Translation: dm)
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27.Jun.2002
Martin R. Elsner (E-Mail)
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New compilation of FTPMount
Martin Elsner writes:
Alessandro Marinuzzi had some interesting ideas and an Italian catalog -
so we updated FTPMount which can now be installed without permanent
changes to your system - if you want ;)
I must confess that the executable is still the same, but I have just
managed to compile it with StormC3 - it's a bit bigger, but I can now
make some changes, so if you have some important ideas ...
Available on Aminet and on my homepage.
ftpmount.lha
(ps)
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27.Jun.2002
Bright Light Software
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AC97Mixer V1.91 for SB 128 sound card (Amithlon)
Frank Fenn has released version 1.91 of AC97Mixer for the sound card SB 128 under Amithlon.
New in this version:
+20dB MIC / dynamic 3D enhancement slider if supported / show&hide of
every mixer / ARexx / Surround support VIA onboard sound (beta).
Download: ac97mixer.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)
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27.Jun.2002
BlitzBasic
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Programming Language: BlitzBasic (PC) Version 1.76
The BlitzBASIC update to version 1.76 has appeared. There are some bugfixes
and a very interesting new texture flag 256. This makes it possible to
draw textures much more quickly "on the fly" than was possible with
normal texture flags up until now.
Additionally practical tests can now be performed that function
perfectly, even with ScaleMesh() and multitexturing! (ps) (Translation: dm)
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27.Jun.2002
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GameIcons: New Archive with over 100 Game Icons
Oops! We had to terminate this link, because there was adult-oriented material in the archive. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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27.Jun.2002
Albrecht Kinzkofer (E-Mail)
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Hot: Hard Times for Internet Businesses (Update)
Yesterday Albrecht Kinzhofer brought the above article to our attention. In the article it is described that the Frankfurt credit card service provider EuroCard Systems made a contract with one customer, who does Web shipments. The reason is that there were too many dishonest customers.
Kinzhofer fears that this new development could affect many Amiga dealers, who only have the ability to pay COD, where the costs are usually bundled in with the price the customer pays.
We want to inquire of Amiga dealers, software houses and others, if they have had similarly bad experiences and what consequences have arisen from that.
Update:
In the comments section on the German side there have been many interesting points of view and other bits of information.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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27.Jun.2002
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Poll: What's Your Take on the Current AmigaOne Promotion?
In response to the request of www.amiga-news.de reader Flinx we are starting a poll, in which you are asked to provide your opinion of the current Amiga One sales promotion.
The following possible answers are provided:
- I want to buy an Amiga One and am taking part in the $50 coupon & t-shirt promotion
- I want to buy an Amiga One, and I would buy a $50 coupon & t-shirt but only from a local German dealer
- I want to buy an Amiga One but without any preorder, and I want to have a good look at it first
- I am looking for another solution
Have fun voting! (ps) (Translation: dm)
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27.Jun.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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AmigaOS XL: Experiences with the H&P Big Tower 1800+ (V 1.27)
In my report, I describe the experiences I have made with the Big-Tower. Version 1.27 of the
report contains several additions in the chapters "AmigaXL", "QNX" and "Software". The
software table has been optically improved. Furthermore, I have a little goody for my loyal
readers. But I won't tell more here.
Note: Amiga-Voyager shows only ads instead of the pictures. Therefore, I still recommend to
use AWeb or disable background images in Amiga-Voyager. A move to a better server is to
come after my vacation. But at that time, amiga-news.de will be on vacation.
I hope that someone has written a report about Amithlon 2.0 until then. ;-)
(ps)
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27.Jun.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Poll - "What OS do you prefer on the Pegasos?"
Today a new poll (in German) was started on the Amiga Future homepage: "What OS do you prefer on the Pegasos?" Additionally, the results of the last poll have been published in the interactive area.
Note: English speakers can probably handle this with these short instructions:
- go to page linked at title of this article
- click on the word "interactive" on that page
- make your selection in the yellow box on the next page
- click "abstimmen" to vote.
Good luck! -DM (ps) (Translation: dm)
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26.Jun.2002
Dennis Lohr & David Röskamm (ANF)
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IRC: IRC channel for the program WHDload set up
WHDLoad enables you to install games,
which were mostly meant for floppy disk use, to your hard disk.
The program gains a ever growing popularity. For that reason we set up an IRC channel, where you can share all the experiences with WHDload. The channel is available at:
Port: 6667
Kanal: #whdload
Server: irc.phat-net.de
We would be pleased to welcome many users and see longer lasting visits.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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26.Jun.2002
Martin Kuchinka
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Programming language: PowerD Version 0.19 from June, the 25th 2002
Martin Kuchinka provides a new archive of his programming language PowerD
(version 0.19 from June, the 25th 2002) for download.
New with this archive:
- fixed rexx/storage module
- fixed one enforcer hit
- fixed a lr storing problem with ppc, caused a crash
- debug file do now support global variables
- bugfixes reported by Michel Bagmeijer
- '\xDf' changed to '\xDS' to get full name of day
- bugfixes reported by Marco Antoniazzi
- global labels didn't compile
Download: powerd.lzx - readme (ps) (Translation: ub)
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26.Jun.2002
cyborg (ANF)
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IRC-Client: BenderIRC version 1.5b11 released
BenderIRC is a freeware IRC client, which works without MUI.
The new release includes not only some bugfixes but it is
possible now to use several channels at the same server and there
is also a new window scrolling possibility but this is still a bit rudimentary.
Download: BenderIRC.lha -
History (ps) (Translation: ub)
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